Portage County Historical Society

Historical Society and Publisher

Since 1952 the Portage County Historical Society has been helping to preserve Portage County's history.

The mission statement of the Society is: The purposes of this organization are exclusively educational and shall be to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of this history of Portage County, Wisconsin.

Aside from publishing books, the Society has an extensive website and archives. The Society runs three historical sites: the Beth Israel Synagogue Museum on Water St. in Stevens Point, the Rising Star Mill in Nelsonville, and Heritage Park in Plover.